Fish tanks - glass

On Oct 15, 10:34*pm, Don Geddis wrote:
"NoSpam" wrote on Wed, 15 Oct 2008:

I know 'they' make a special glass for fish tanks. What's it called
and where can I buy it? 20g. Already built.

Ordinary glass works fine. *You can even used tempered glass, but you
have to be really careful working with it because it shatters if you
drill into it.

Glass is much harder than acrylic (although it can still scratch). *But it
tends to be much heavier, and not quite as clear. *Often has some optical
distortion, and often a greenish tint.

There's a special aquarium glass, called "Starfire" glass, which is designed
just for aquariums and has better optical properties. *More expensive though.

Acrylic sucks. 1 grain of sand caught in the magnetic algae scrapper
**** my tank up like you wouldn't believe. End of plastic for me.

Yeah, I've got an acrylic tank too (after starting with glass), and I don't
care for it either.

Much easier to scratch, much harder to scrape off the coraline algae, and
it requires cross bracing at the top to hold the weight of the water. *I
don't like any of that.

* * * * -- Don
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news Don but your ****ing wrong with E
glass being made specificially for aquariums..........E glass is also
known by a trade name of Starfire Glass which is nothing more than
gloass with a controlled iron content, and its made specifically for
environmental issues (heat control and transmission) of heat passing
trhough common window glass. Being free of iron or low in iron gives
it a clear instead of greenish look when viewed on its edge. It does
however have better clarity than common float glass does, BUT its not
made specificially for aquariums............It was adapted by
companies for aquariums formthe woindopw glass trade....All the total
glass used in aquariums is not woprth firing up a glass plant for as
its a miniscule amount of glass, as compared to windows
etc...........So get your ****ing **** straight before you go off on
a rant like you know something, like the dumbassed hippy cocksucker.


Ever hear of a 55 gal tank. I bet you would be hard pressed to find
one of them that is not tempered glass, on all 5
pieces...............Tempered is not a magic trick to make glass
bullet proof you know and tempered glass will scratch as easy as
regular glass will..............get a clue, the constant on the glass
is the same regular or annealed.......... The microscopic thin sectin
that is hardened does not amount to a hill of beans when it comes to
scratching. It only comes into play when it comes to
breaking...............Like I said go get a ****ing clue.